dativerelated

Dativerelated is a term used in linguistics to describe phenomena, data, or analyses that pertain to the dative case or dative-like functions. The term is a compound adjective from dative and related, used in cross-linguistic and typological discussion to denote recipient or beneficiary marking.

In usage, dativerelated can refer to: morphosyntactic marking expressing recipient or beneficiary; dative alternation in ditransitives; historical changes involving the dative.

Examples help illustrate the scope. German: “Ich schenke dem Kind ein Buch.” Here dem Kind is in the dative, marking the recipient. English discussions of dative-related phenomena cover the dative alternation in ditransitives, as in “I gave him a book” versus “I gave a book to him,” where the recipient relation is encoded differently.

Research on dativerelated topics uses cross-linguistic corpora, typology, and historical records to map how the dative encodes recipient, beneficiary, or datum in various languages. The concept is often discussed when describing how languages mark indirect objects, range of dative markers, and historical shifts that affect case systems and valency.

See also: Dative case, Dative shift, Ditransitive construction, Indirect object.